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CALGARY - A fire has halted operations at one of Suncor Energy's two oilsands upgraders north of Fort McMurray, the company said Tuesday.
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The energy giant said the 125,000-barrel-per-day unit was shut down after the fire, and it is currently assessing damage.6 M6 L3 o/ |' r$ x ?8 K1 |
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Suncor has been plagued by a series fires at its oilsands operations in the past five months, suffering three fires since October in the upgraders which convert bitumen into synthetic crude oil.0 v; w9 Y4 J3 b, w
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According to Reuters, Suncor could not specify how much crude the unit was producing before the incident.6 M' I. c1 p; z/ \" Q7 o' a) L
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A fire in upgrader number 2 last December took more than a month to repair. |
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